WASHINGTON — After two years on the unemployment rolls, Selena Forte thought she’d found a temporary job at a delivery company that matched her qualifications.
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HOCKEY EAST: Bears storm back for win
ORONO — For the University of Maine men’s hockey team, there was no second-guessing in a 6-3 win over Northeastern.
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COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Ford lifts Terriers to 3rd straight win
WATERVILLE — The Thomas College men’s soccer team won their third game in a row with a 3-1 victory over Castleton State College in North Atlantic Conference action Sunday.
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Dempsey Challenge excites with star power
LEWISTON — It wasn’t just the athletic challenges that sent heart rates racing at the Dempsey Challenge last weekend.
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Public assistance requests deadline near
The state of Maine and the Federal Emergency Management Agency announce deadlines are approaching for local and county government agencies, school districts and certain private nonprofit organizations to submit requests for public assistance for damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene between Aug. 27 and 29.
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: US plans to tax cargo coming through Canada
International Trade Minister Ed Fast says he’s not worried about American efforts to reduce the volume of cargo moving through Canadian ports to destinations in the United States — including the introduction of a potential tariff of approximately $143 per container to offset a tax the U.S. imposes on containers off-loaded at U.S. ports.
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Hundreds visit fire museum during open house
PORTLAND — Sitting behind the wheel of a 1920s-era pump truck parked on Spring Street, Giorgio Rotolo jiggled the wheel back and forth, pretending he was on his way to help put out a fire.
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Awlaki murdered without due process of US law
Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen and a radical Muslim cleric, was assassinated by the U.S. last week in Yemen. Under U.S. law, lethal force can be employed outside of a war zone, as Awlaki was, only in the narrowest and most extraordinary circumstances: When there is a concrete, specific and imminent threat of an attack. […]
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Easy-to-mine Appalachian coal running out
Politicians and mining groups love to boast that West Virginia has enough coal to power America for another 200 years. But snowballing research tells a totally different story.
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With a new trapping season comes fresh debate
Of all the entrenched outdoor pursuits in America, it’s hard to think of any that are more polarizing than the one that unfolds every trapping season.